Deva or Aasimar?

[blargney the second]

If aasimar suffers from one too many a's, then I think same probably applies to daeva.

Honestly though, I really don't care what it's called as long as it's fun to play.

 

[Nahat Anoj]

Whoa! They shoulda spelled it like that: DAEVA.

If they did, they would have gotten crap from people about how they're stealing from White Wolf.

 

[Klaus]

Deva?

Diva?

How 'bout Divynils*?





*- does that show my age or what?

 

[Remathilis]

Deva?

Diva?

How 'bout Divynils*?





*- does that show my age or what?

just don't start singing their only US hit...

"When I think about you..."

 

[Fifth Element]

How 'bout Divynils*?

Yeah, nobody can pronounce that either.

 

[doctorhook]

Whoa! They shoulda spelled it like that: DAEVA.

If they did, they would have gotten crap from people about how they're stealing from White Wolf.

Well, it's still pretty easy to spell, and it's got a clear pronunciation. Win-win, as far as I can see!

 

[MerricB]

Well, it's still pretty easy to spell, and it's got a clear pronunciation. Win-win, as far as I can see!

Not quite.

It looks like "daemon" to me, which is pronounced exactly the same as "demon".

Cheers!

 

[doctorhook]

Not quite.

It looks like "daemon" to me, which is pronounced exactly the same as "demon".

Cheers!

lol Aren't you supposed to be the "Official ENWorld Optimist?"

Either way, Deva's still not bad either.

 

[Serendipity]

How about Asimar? No idea what the designers had in mind when they changed it so I can't judge the name change on those merits. If it's basically the same race as in 3e and before then why change the name?
If they're changing the fluff (as they did with the core tiefling) then what's the big deal? Not that many people are going to use the fluff background straight without some mods anyway.....

 

[Shroomy]

How about Asimar? No idea what the designers had in mind when they changed it so I can't judge the name change on those merits. If it's basically the same race as in 3e and before then why change the name?
If they're changing the fluff (as they did with the core tiefling) then what's the big deal? Not that many people are going to use the fluff background straight without some mods anyway.....

I do think that the 4e aasimar/deva will be somewhat different from earlier editions (like the reincarnation stuff), but I can guess what the designers were thinking. Aasimar seems to be a somewhat unpopular and hard to pronounce name; since the aasimon/angels were reconceptualized, the word deva was just lying around waiting to also be repurposed.